It is my belief that the National disability Insurance Scheme is a deliberate and malicious act of age discrimination
and totally contradictory to the concepts and imports of the anti discrimination laws of this country.
Aged pensioners (65 years plus) have just as much, if not more, need to services provided by the NDIS as
do those under 65 years of age but the cut off point is age 65.
What this means is that some indigenous person or refugee who is unable to work, has never worked
and has never paid into the taxation pool is entitled to NDIS support (an electric mobility scooter or mechanical bed etc)
over and above some poor
bugger who has worked all his life,supported his community and family and paid his share of taxes only to fall on hard times.
I believe there needs to be a high court challenge to the NDIS based on age discrimination and I am speaking
to my solicitors right now.
What does OLO have to say?

NDIS should never have been passed, it is a potential bottomless pit on taxpayers.

Gillard definitely is Dillard with that one.

Just wait for the lawyers to start seeing a way to take things to court or sue for adverse decisions.

NDIS Is a costly curse - full stop. I was not aware of the discrimination involved, but it must be realised that age is not a thing any longer respected in Australia. Any government that would do what the Turnbull government did to age pensioners at the last budget will do anything, and they will be allowed to get away withit because Australia society is now a very mean and uncaring one.

NDIS was designed to be largely self funding, enabling many people to work when they would otherwise be unable to. That is why priority is given to people of working age, though AIUI the age restriction is only a temporary measure while it's being phased in.

Aidan's been on the turps again. NDIS is clearly not self-funding or there wouldn't be any need for taxpayers to be robbed to pay for it. But of course, you would expect such waffle from someone who still goes on about 'free' credit which never has to be paid back.

a down syndrome relative of my has had nothing but cuts to funding since Gillard's tears. The vultures are circling with the sniff of more dollars of funding.